1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kref.txt b/Documentation/kref.txt
index ddf85a5dde0c..d26a27ca964d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kref.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ int my_data_handler(void)
         task = kthread_run(more_data_handling, data, "more_data_handling");
         if (task == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) {
                 rv = -ENOMEM;
+                kref_put(&data->refcount, data_release);
                 goto out;
         }